Functions of technical information, historic record, analytic argument, which are integral and obvious to Dante's use of verse are now almost completely a part of the 'prosaic'.
. . we'll deal with it, because the good outweighs the bad.
I can't forget things, or ignore them-bad things that happen," I said. "I'm a lay-it-all-out person, a dwell-on-it person, an obsess-about-it person. If I hold things in and try to forget or pretend, I become a madman and have panic attacks. I have to talk.
I love the idea of the big life - the life that matters, the life that makes a difference. The life where stuff happens, where people take action. The opposite of the life where the girl can't even speak to the boy she likes; the opposite of the life where the friends aren't even good friends, and lots of days are wasted away feeling bored and kind of okay, like nothing matters much.
Always do what you're afraid to do. . . . I will prove myself strong when they think I am sick. I will prove myself brave when they think I am weak.
Silence is a protective coating over pain.
The problem is I can think whatever I think but I still feel the way I feel.
Once you get older, people stop listening to what you say. It's very agreeable once you get used to it.
You don't want to be stopped. But it happens to everybody, like if you bump into an old friend or something. Luckily with an old friend, you can be like, "I'm having a diarrhea attack. Can I call you later?" And you can't really do that with a stranger.
There is a wealth of information built into us. . . tucked away in the genetic material in every one of our cells. . . without some means of access, there is no way even to begin to guess at the extent and quality of what is there. The psychedelic drugs allow exploration of this interior world, and insights into its nature.
Don't you open your mouth about the best!